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California is primed for a debate over how much oil it should source from the Amazon. BELÉM, Brazil — For years, Democrats broadly dismissed as a Big Oil talking point the idea that California’s consumption of oil from the Amazon drives deforestation. At this year’s U.N. climate talks, that talking point is sticking. “Awareness has … Read more
The case tests the limits of stand-your-ground laws. LEBANON, Indiana — An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday in a case that could test the limits of stand-your-ground laws. Curt Andersen, 62, could face anywhere from 10 to 30 … Read more
Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.” BELÉM, Brazil — The European Union’s new pollution-cutting targets are insufficient, China’s climate envoy told POLITICO on the sidelines of this year’s COP30 conference while also condemning the “bad example” set by the absent United States. In a rare interview on Monday, Liu Zhenmin … Read more
French legal complaint claims the firm paid and supplied soldiers who carried out mass killings first uncovered by POLITICO. French energy giant TotalEnergies was formally accused Monday of complicity in war crimes and torture in a criminal complaint filed in Paris over a massacre at its Mozambique gas plant, first uncovered by a POLITICO investigation … Read more
The House is expected to pass the Epstein files resolution Tuesday. What we’re really watching is the Senate. Two big votes are hitting the House floor Tuesday afternoon, with each party caught between unity and accountability. ON THE GOP SIDE — The House is expected to easily pass a resolution calling on the DOJ to … Read more
Deputy chief of staff James Blair pointed to the fast-track process for health and tariff legislation. A senior White House official said the Trump administration intends to put forward a health bill and left open the possibility of using the fast-track legislative process of reconciliation for passage of health or tariff legislation. “We’re going to … Read more
Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay. The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the … Read more
Suspension of intelligence cooperation in Caribbean is unusual move and there is potential for political fallout It is an intelligence relationship that predates even the Five Eyes: the UKUSA alliance that began, naturally enough, in secret in 1946. But this week the strain of trying to be the closest security ally to a freewheeling White … Read more
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles The withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to … Read more
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’ Downing Street has warned Labour MPs it expects them to back radical plans to make the UK less attractive to migrants and refugees, as some backbenchers said they expected fierce resistance to proposals that one called “economically and culturally illiterate”. The home … Read more